CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED AND STRATEGIES EMPLOYED IN MANAGING STUDENTS’ BEHAVIOR OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS OF A PRIVATE SCHOOL IN QUEZON PROVINCE

This
study determined and analyzed the challenges encountered and strategies
employed by Junior High School Teachers in managing the students' behavior, who
were the respondents of the study, in a private school in Quezon Province that
gave way to the creation of a Teachers' Guidebook on Managing the Students'
Behavior as an output. The descriptive-evaluative method of research was used
in the study together with the Weighted Arithmetic Mean (WAM) as the
statistical tool. Further, a validated researcher-made instrument was used to
gather the needed data in the study.

Based on the findings of the study,
under the code of conduct related to discipline, the respondents revealed the
challenges encountered in managing students' behavior. The statements that got
the highest WAM rating were (1) Failure of students to wear their uniform in
official activities held inside or outside the school; (2) Students forget
their ID at Home; and, (3) Failure of the students to accomplish their excuse
slip form.

In addition, the code of conduct
related to decorum, the following are some of the challenges encountered by the
respondents: (1) Students do not maintain silence when no teacher is around;
(2) Students fight with their classmates when they lose their temper; (3)
Students disrespect the sacredness of the chapel by uttering nasty words inside
the place; (4) Students ignore teacher’s instructions and do some foolishness
with their friends; (5) Students disobey the rules and regulations of the
school; (6) Students are buying foods even though it is not a break time; (7) Students fail to maintain silence
inside the library; (8) Students do not observe silence while buying in the
cafeteria; (9) Students do not participate in the mass instead they talk to
their classmate; and, (10) Students talk
with their classmate while flag ceremony is on-going.

The
findings of the study revealed that the orientation of the students was needed
to familiarize the students on the rules and regulations implemented in the
school and to consistently impose discipline.

The
following recommendations are made by the researcher: The students should
understand fully the importance of following the school's rules and regulations
by taking seriously the identified school policy on the code of conduct. The teachers should conduct an annual
orientation/re-orientation program that emphasizes the findings of this
research, and seriously consider more effective strategies to overcome problems
on code of conduct and use the output of this study. The school administrators
should issue a school memorandum requiring all teachers and school staff to
strictly implement the school policies. The future researchers should make a
study on the assessment of the quality of the school policies implemented in
the private schools in Quezon Province.